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You're correct. When I reformulated my question below, the general tone of the reply was far more positive; however, to give the bot credit, it still mentioned the same concerns (in the "some nuances and things to watch" section) but in a less dramatic way. Fascinating! I'll take your advice and...

Likewise. I assumed that company was from Switzerland or Austria.

Bumping this thread from ten years ago to put the little content that we have about Bearpen Mountain content on one thread: My 2011 New York Ski Mag article about the place that ChrisC's comment in bold likely alludes to...

20-ish years ago, I mentioned on Epicski that I wanted to go to Panorama and asked for feedback. The general response was a dismissive "Don't bother; it doesn't get much snow." Of course, I wouldn't fly across the country primarily for a ski area that averages in the 170s but I wanted to keep it...

Be careful with ChatGPT charts -- they're usually generated by negative user prompts. :smileyvault-stirthepot:

Fair enough. Speaking of random 'Hot Dishes'/Casseroles, I'd never heard of the dreaded green bean casserole until I moved to Colorado, where there were many transplanted midwesterners and Texans. I was talking more about perceptions 50 years ago than an apples to apples comparison. If you...

My wife and I went on a tour there 15 years ago. It was very serious and scientific. Then we went to Bully Hill five minutes south, which felt like the Finger Lakes version of Frass Canyon. :icon-lol:

Why not? Fly your NYS Southern Tier freak flag proudly! Venison spiedies? Hopefully the marinade would cover up the gamey taste a bit. I remember the spiedie pizza at Pudgie's in Cortland but never tried it. Which is exactly Russ LaChapelle's point above. As you can see from the monstrous...

1,168 km/1,045 miles of slopes covered by 4,700 cannons and 330 snow cats operated by 3,000 employees according to London-based Collett's travel agency. https://www.colletts.co.uk/blog/snow-making-in-the-dolomites/ I've expressed my general antipathy toward industrial skiing; however, I'd love...

That's a great link. How about this promotion with the "start dieting now" messaging -- imagine the response that would get these days. Basically telling Broome County residents to lay off their spiedies:

Thanks, I remember reading that entry in the 00s. I've been to all the Austrian place names on the trail map: Klagenfurt, Dornbirn, Bregenz, Salzburg, Lustenau, Klagenfurt. :bow: The authenticity of Upstate NY: the 70s logo, old-school map, and 607 area code!

Thanks, a comprehensive snowmaking primer in one paragraph!

Aren't expensive high-tech guns allegedly able to make dry snow at (somewhat) higher temps?

MarzNC's mention above ^^ reminded me of a snowmaking-related experience from many moons ago that may seem mundane now but was quite a step forward back then. In mid-December 2003, I went on a ski press visit to Snowbasin for the old version of Snowjournal: Despite having received a lot of...

Your suspicion is 100% correct.

Streak or no streak, I have no desire to go indoor skiing even though I have a facility 25 minutes away, nor would I schlep to a place like Afriski, a six-hour drive from Johannesburg or Durban, just to say that I skied in South Africa/Lesotho. I'm not telling anyone else that they're wrong for...

It was three years ago when Tony started at the indoor ski areas: August 2022: "In pursuit of a 12 month ski season, Liz and I have lowered ourselves to Patrick's level." August 2022: "I would agree that if one made a habit of going to a local indoor joint for the hard case months, that would...

As I understand it, the width and vertical of the ski areas aren't relevant to Harvey's quest. He wants to experience everything in NYS from decent-sized to tiny. I like this quote from Russ (I forgot how interesting that interview was): In [the old] days, hotels and motels used to put a rope...

No, I agree to a certain extent (disclaimer: Harv doesn't care what we think); however, I suppose that if we define ski areas as hills that have a working lift no matter how small the vertical, they should be part of his project and he should ski them. I won't even bring up Patrick's use of...

I was reading a NYT article about the importance of how you ask Generative Artificial Intelligence for any kind of feedback. If you don't want to read the whole piece, here are summaries of the three recommendations: Ask “for a friend.” Present your questions or opinions as someone else’s...